Wierd lines on DVD playback

Jay1986 · 4 Aug 2006 at 03:13

Where can I get a good DVD playing software for my PC? I have wierd lines on my DVD and DivX playback. I can't update Media Player btw because a certain OS isn't genuine. Sorry if this is in the wrong place, didn't know where to put it.

Zefan · 4 Aug 2006 at 03:28

There's a law to do with dvd decoders and because of this I think they're required to charge you for the software. Well, I think I read this, and it'd figure, seeing as I haven't found any decent free DVD players.

Jay1986 · 4 Aug 2006 at 03:30

Zefan said:
There's a law to do with dvd decoders and because of this I think they're required to charge you for the software. Well, I think I read this, and it'd figure, seeing as I haven't found any decent free DVD players.

Do you know of any decent cheap ones?

Zefan · 4 Aug 2006 at 03:32

No, I'm a dirty dirty pirate

IF you have an nVIDIA graphics card you can use the decoder from their website and just play dvd's in media player. There's a trial of 30 days and then you've gotta buy it to continue using it, take a look.

El_Watcher · 4 Aug 2006 at 12:28

Try VLC player, plays everything I have ever thrown at it, without downloading extra codecs.
Homepage says it plays DVDs without extra software.

z0mbi3 · 4 Aug 2006 at 12:29

Jay1986 said:
I can't update Media Player btw because a certain OS isn't genuine.

You obviously haven't googled hard enough

SteveOBHave · 4 Aug 2006 at 12:55

I might be guessing here, but it might be interlacing. Use VLC media player and use the deinterlace function.